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“Much of the problem with religion is that it is based on
revelation and faith and authority rather than evidence.
Darwinism is based on evidence, and to that extent it is radically
different from religion.”
[“Evolving Theories”, Winds Magazine, December, 2002, p. 20]
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RELIGION --
Based on
-Revelation
-Faith
-Authority
DARWINISM --
Based on
-Evidence
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“Many people don’t realize that science basically involves
assumptions and faith. Nothing is proved. Wonderful things in both science and religion come from
our efforts based on observations, thoughtful assumptions, faith, and
logic.”
Dr. Charles Hard Townes, Los Angeles Daily Star, March 10, 2005
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“We did not follow cleverly concocted fables when we
told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His
majesty….”
[2 Peter 1:16]
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“That which was from the beginning, which we have
heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have watched, and with our hands
have handled,… that which we have seen and heard, THIS we
declare to you….
[1 John 1:1-3]
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HISTORY --
deals with
-singular events
-non-repeatable
-verifiable only by
eyewitnesses
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MIRACLES --
are
-singular events
-non-repeatable
-verifiable only by
eyewitnesses
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Alleged MiracleJesus arose from
the dead
Assumption“Miracles are impossible”
Objection“There MUST be
another explanation”
Why?“Because...”
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CAN the event happen?
DID the event happen?
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CAN the event happen?
Speculative
Answer is determined by one’s
presuppositions
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DID the event happen?
Evidence based
Dispassionate setting aside of one’s
presuppositions
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“Now about the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land
unto the ninth hour….
And the earth did quake….”
[Matthew 27:45, 51-55; Mark 15:33]
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[History, Book III, written in Rome, c. A.D. 55]
“This darkness which occurred at the death of Jesus
was caused by a solar eclipse.”
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[History of the World, c. A.D. 220]
Sextus Julius Africanus responded to Thallos:
“Thallos cannot be right; Jesus died on Passover, at the time of the full moon.”
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[History of the World, c. A.D. 220]
Sextus Julius Africanus responded to Thallos:
“Thallos cannot be right; Jesus died on Passover, at the time of the full moon.”
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“In the fourth year of the two-hundred and second Olympiad
there was a great and extraordinary eclipse of the sun, distinguished among all that had
happened before.
[Olympiads, Book 13; quoted by Jerome, ]
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“At the sixth hour the day was turned into dark night, so that the stars in the heavens were seen,
and there was a great earthquake in Bithynia which overthrew many
houses in the city of Nice.”[Olympiads, Book 13]
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A Tanna has said,
[Talmud Bavli, Tractate Sanhedrin, 107a, Note 17Uncensored Edition.]
“Jesus the Nazarene practiced magic and led Israel
astray.”
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[Talmud Bavli, Tractate Sanhedrin, 43a]
On the eve of Passover, Jesus [the Nazarene] was executed. For forty
days before the execution took place, a herald went forth and
cried,
“He is going forth to be executed because he has practiced sorcery
enticing Israel to apostacy.
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[Talmud Bavli, Tractate Sanhedrin, 43a]
Anyone who can say anything in his favor, let him come forward
and plead on his behalf.”
But, since nothing was brought forward in his favor, he was
executed on the eve of Passover [and the Sabbath].
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[Matthew 11:4-6]
“Go back and report to John what you hear and see: the blind
receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to
life, and the good news is preached to the poor. Blessed is
the man who does not fall away on account of me.”
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[Matthew 11:4-6]
“Go back and report to John what you hear and see: the blind receive
sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf
hear, the dead are raised to life, and the good news is preached to the
poor. Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me.”
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[Talmud Bavli, Tractate Sanhedrin, 43a]
“Jesus…
was descended from
royalty.”
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David-Bathsheba
Solomon
Jacob Heli
Nathan
????Joseph
Jesus
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[Talmud Yerushalmi, Tractate Chagigah, 3a]
“Mary [was] the daughter of
HELI.”
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David-Bathsheba
Solomon
Jacob Heli
Nathan
MaryJoseph
Jesus
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Mary was a
harlot
who consorted with and
became illegitimately pregnant
by a
carpenter.
[Talmud Yerushalmi, Tractate Chagigah, 3a]
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The Pharisees said to Him,
“WE were not born of fornication!”
[John 8:41]
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“Is this not the carpenter’s son?
Is not his mother Mary?
And his brothers James,
Joseph, Simon, and Judah?
And his sisters, are they not all
with us?”
[Matthew 13:55-56]
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Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, before
they came together, she was found with child by the Holy Spirit. Then Joseph, her husband, being
a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example,
considered sending her away secretly.
[Matthew 1:18-19]
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Behold! The angel said:
“O Mary! God gives you glad tidings of a Word from Him. His name shall be Christ Jesus, the
son of Mary, held in honor in this world and the hereafter. And of the company of those nearest to
God.”[Qur’an, Sura III:45]
Muhammad
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She said, “How shall I have a son, seeing that no man has touched
me, and I am not unchaste?”
He said, “So it will be: The Lord says, ‘That is easy for Me. And
we wish to appoint him as a sign unto men, and a mercy from us.’”
[Qur’an, Sura XIX:19-22]
Muhammad
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So she conceived him,
and then retired with him
to a remote place.
[Qur’an, Sura XIX:19-22]
Muhammad
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All three western religions --
Christianity, Judaism, Islam
Admit to the unique nature of the birth of Jesus.
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Rabbi Simeon ben Lakish said:
“Cursed be that man who raised himself from the dead by the
name of God.”
[Talmud Bavli, Tractate Sanhedrin, 106a]
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And he said to him,
“If they won’t listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone
rose from the dead.”
[Luke 16:31]
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1. Verification of details
2. Confirmation of historicity
3. From non-believer sources
4. Rock-solid basis in EVIDENCE
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